BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, KOMPAS.com - The governments of Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam have agreed to cooperate on agricultural development. The signing of the memorandum of understanding to that effect was signed on Thursday at the Nurul Iman Palace, Brunei Darussalam on Thursday.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, KOMPAS.com - The governments of Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam have agreed to cooperate on agricultural development. The signing of the memorandum of understanding to that effect was signed on Thursday at the Nurul Iman Palace, Brunei Darussalam on Thursday.

The signing of the MoU was also witnessed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. Yudhoyono at the state banquet said that both nations would strengthen cooperation for the prosperity of the peoples of both countries.

"I noted that cooperation between the two nations covers a very wide area, particularly fields which would bring prosperity to the two countries," he said.

Besides the agricultural field, the two countries also cooperated in such sectors as fishery, forestry, welfare, investment, trade, culture, tourism and others.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) plans to visit Turkey to develop partnership in strategic industry and economy with the country, Foreign minister Retno Marsudi said here on Monday at the state palace after a meeting prior to the presidents visit to Turkey and Germany.